NEW YORK, Aug 2 (AFP): The dollar firmed against the euro yesterday after the US government reported fewer than expected job losses in July and fresh data pointed to an economic downturn in the eurozone.The single European currency stood at...
CHUADANGA, Aug 2 (BSS): A total of 4,094 tonnes of rice and 380 tonnes of paddy were procured from four upazilas of the district under the ongoing procurement drive of Irri-Borro paddy and rice until Friday.The drive was conducted through...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2008-08-03 00:00:00
The government has decided to ease border trade with Myanmar ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, allowing traders to import basic food items worth upto US$20,000 in a single consignment, officials said Saturday.Traders were previously allowed to import...
NAOGAON, Aug 1 (UNB): Two outlaws were killed in a shootout between RAB and their cohorts at Mirzapur village in Atrai Upazila here early Friday.The dead were identified as regional commander of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (ML-Lal Potaka) Saiful...
COLOMBO, Aug 1 (BSS): The fourth SAARC journalists' summit, organised by South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), concluded here today with foreign ministers of SAARC countries giving assurances of continued cooperation to help solve the problems of the journalists.The concluding...
Julie Steenhuysen | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Despite some recent dramatic failures, Alzheimer's disease researchers say they have never been more encouraged by the wealth of promising new treatments being studied for the brain-wasting disease."Twenty years ago we were at zero," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the...
M Abdul Kabir | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
"DEMOCRACY", as a definition goes, "is a system of government by which political sovereignty is retained by the people and exercised directly by citizens." In a democratic state, people have a mechanism by which they voice their representation, exert parliamentary...
S M Jahangir | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Harsh financial penalty awaits the country's non-listed insurance companies as the new insurance ordinance has stricter provision against failure to go public, official sources said.The council of advisers last Sunday gave its approval to the Insurance Ordinance 2008, in which...
ISLAMABAD, August 1 (AFP): Pakistan on Friday angrily rejected reports that the United States has determined that Islamabad's main spy agency helped plan a fatal bombing at India's embassy in Kabul last month.The New York Times, citing unnamed officials, said...
Burichang thana BNP leader Sajedur Rahman (46) died of heart attack July 28 at his residence in Jogatpur village. He left behind one son and one daughter to mourn his death.He was buried in his family graveyard. BNP General Secretary...
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aus 1 (AFP): Rafael Nadal shifted into position to seize the No. 1 ranking with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/0) defeat of Tommy Haas only hours after Roger Federer opened the door with a Cincinnati Masters defeat.In the wake...
Colombo, Aug 01 (UNB) - US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher Friday said that Bangladesh was on "a good track" towards holding general election by the end of this year.Boucher made the comment while...
Riding on an unbeaten century by right-handed batsman Rokibul Hasan, touring Bangladesh A team scored a fighting 275 for 6 in 50 overs in their second one-day match against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at the Racecourse, Durham University Ground, Durham...
Shakhawat Hossain | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The caretaker government has set December 31, 2008 as the deadline for sick small and medium business entrepreneurs to repay or reschedule their default bank loans, ministry officials said Thursday.According to a recent finance ministry directive, a borrower who has...
Professor Mahfuz R. Chowdhury | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
The world's population reached six and a half billion in 2006, and is quickly approaching 7.0 billion. It appears to be increasing at a rate of about 6.5 million a month or 78 million a year. From a purely mathematical...
Naim-Ul-Karim | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
At least six non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) have sought government approval to access loan from international long-term development lenders to diversify their credit source and lower their interest rates, officials said Friday.The NBFIs-- better known as leasing companies-- usually source...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Radovan Karadzic the Serb nationalist-racist leader, who presided over the extermination of hundreds and thousands of Muslims and Croats in his 1992-95 drive to cleanse his greater Serbia of dream of non-Serbs has at last been arrested and subjected to...
Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) is the only option for the poor patients who cannot access the highly priced private medical care in the capital city. Admission and most other charges for services at DMCH are supposed to be nominal,...
THE HAGUE, AUG 1 (AFP): Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a combative first appearance at the UN's war crimes court Thursday, waiving his right to defence counsel and claiming he had been kidnapped and that his life was...
Rahul Gandhi, Indian member of parliament and general secretary of India's ruling Congress party, arrived in city Friday, said an official of Zia International Airport, report agencies.Gandhi, son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and assassinated prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, touched...
MUMBAI, Aug 1 (AFP): Former India Test batsman Ashok Mankad died in his sleep here Friday aged 61, cricket officials said.Mankad, regarded as a shrewd thinker of the game and one of India's finest domestic captains, played 22 Tests between...
FE Report | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
World Bank (WB) has approved a US$ 130.7 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to Bangladesh with a view to improving the quality of secondary education and ensuring greater accountability at school level."The credit will help improve the quality of...
LOS ANGELES, August 1 (AFP): NASA scientists have said that the Phoenix lander exploring Mars has confirmed water on the planet after analysis of a soil sample from the Red planet's surface.The discovery was made after the lander's robotic arm...
July 27 - July 31, 2008Commercial Bank of CeylonLast week was indeed a bonanza for importers and outward remitters since US dollar ($) lost its value further against Bangladesh taka (Tk). This was mainly due to lack of demand and...
FE Report | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Eastern University (EU) organised a lecture on 'Media and English Language Proficiency Enhancement' at its Campus-2 auditorium in the city Wednesday.Anis Ahmed, international radio broadcaster and web editor, Voice of America, Washington, delivered his speech as the chief guest in...
Zakir Hossain and Kazuaki NoharaThe concept of public-private partnership (PPP) originated from the United Kingdom. In the period of the Thatcher Administration, the government there introduced PPP to improve the deficit financing and to realise the small government. It was...
Billy Ahmed | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
AFTER an acrimonious debate by opposition with charges of intimidation and vote buying, India's parliament reaffirmed its confidence in the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government on July 23.Two hundred and seventy-five members of the Lok Sabha voted in...
FE Report | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
Stock prices of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed persistent slump for the seventh straight week that ended Thursday, with lower participation of the investors.During the week, all the market barometers -- the benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN), All Shares...
Jonathan Leff | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
On India's West coast, the world's biggest refining complex is nearly ready to begin pumping a wave of diesel fuel into the world oil market, removing one of the last near-term fundamentals supporting $100-plus crude.But unfortunately for oil consumers and...
Our Correspondent | 2008-08-02 00:00:00
KURIGRAM, Aug 01: Bangladeshi Ambassador in Japan and also a scholar of Chilmari Upazila in the district Major (retd) Ashraf-ud-Doula Taj was accorded special reception at Chilmari Upazila Degree College ground Wednesday.Thana Hat Bonik Samity organised the function.Major Taj as...
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